Eiffel Peak attempt
 
October 8, 2001
 
Solo scramble.
 
This attempt was doomed from the start. Although I was able to hike up into Larch Valley, a complete breakdown in the weather was cause for me to turn tail and run shortly after gaining the south ridge of the objective. A little snow may have been tolerable, but the bone-chilling wind was not. Even if I had foolishly continued on, there would have been no summit view at all. In this part of Rockies, arriving at the top to a whiteout is simply not an option.
 
I’ll definitely be back at some point to finish the job! 

Eiffel Peak from Larch Valley



A few of the mountains of The Valley of Ten Peaks (Fay at the left). The weather took a major turn for the worse shortly after this was taken.

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